Nigeria Is Already a Failed State and Its Middle Class Is Gone, Duke Says

Donald Duke, the Peoples Redemption Party’s candidate in Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, calls the country a failed state, citing poverty, unemployment, insecurity and economic decline. The former Cross River State governor says he is running because he cannot stand by as the crisis deepens and argues Nigeria cannot continue on its current path for another four years. He links banditry, terrorism and kidnapping to the lack of jobs and opportunities, defining a failed state as one unable to protect its people or provide conditions for productive lives. Duke also laments what he describes as the near-disappearance of Nigeria’s middle class.